Publications
ESSAYS
'Moons Blackened with Coal Dust' on the short fiction of Breece D’J Pancake in Thresholds
'Walking to Spurn - A Line Between River and Sea' in North Country. An Anthology of Landscape and Nature.Saraband.
'Flipping the Rice but Leaving the Beans' on the writing of Kathryn Scanlan Confingo 20
'Cockersand Abbey, Morecambe Bay,' in Specimen Press
REVIEWS: Affinities Brian Dillon in Confingo
The Possessed Witold Gombrowitz in Confingo 21(print only)
Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors Ian Penman in Cardiff Review
FICTION
'His Wife's Furs' a short story in Crossways Literary Magazine
Fossils a novel. Saraband.
POETRY
in The Bangor Literary Journal
And in The Wellington Street Review
A contemporary coming of age story. Sherrie-Lee is reinventing herself, setting herself up in new surroundings to become a storyteller and environmental crusader. but when her plans to manipulate events go askew things get more complicated than she could have imagined. '..captures the powerless half-light of adolescence and all who are lost.' This is a story about identity, the importance of storytelling and the powerlessness of nature and those without a voice. An allegory of alienation and the yearning to connect to the world. It will be published by Saraband books 21st April 2022.
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'An unforgettable story of outrunning poverty through the power of stories and imagination.'
'Compelling. The prose bubbles and snaps with an energy that’s as changeable as its teen protagonist … a stunning, important novel about poverty and hopelessness, compassion and resilience.' Emily Devane
'This arresting debut challenges assumptions and captures the powerless yearning of adolescence with a voice that is fresh, magnetic and often funny – one that pulls you in and won’t let go.' Saraband
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